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Connecticut's Stefanie Dolson, right, and Charleston's Megan Fischer fight for a loose ball during the first half of an NCAA college basketball game in Storrs, Conn., Sunday, Nov. 11, 2012. (AP Photo/Fred Beckham)

STORRS (AP) — Freshman Breanna Stewart scored 21 points in her college debut Sunday as No. 2 Connecticut routed the College of Charleston 103-39 to win its 17th consecutive season opener.

Kaleena Mosqueda-Lewis had 19 points, hitting 5 of 10 shots from 3-point range. Stefanie Dolson added 11 points, nine rebounds and eight assists for UConn, which had six players in double figures. Every member of the team scored.

Alyssa Frye scored 14 to lead the College of Charleston (1-1), which scored the first basket of the game, and just 14 others. The Cougars opened their season on Friday with a 56-38 win over Coastal Carolina.

UConn hasn't lost a season-opening game since 1995 and hasn't lost an opener at home since 1990. The Huskies are now 27-1 in home openers under Geno Auriemma.

Mosqueda-Lewis had 11 points in the first 2 minutes, hitting her first three 3-point attempts, and the Huskies raced to a 19-2 lead. Stewart had the first six points of her UConn career during that run.

Fans got a glimpse of the 6-foot-4 freshman's potential when she blocked a Charleston shot at one end, then ran the floor to take the feed for a layup at the other to give the Huskies a 25-7 lead. She hit 8 of 11 shots from the field for the game and also had four steals.

The Huskies led 57-13 at the half. UConn shot 64 percent from the field, while holding Charleston to 25 percent. The Huskies outrebounded the Cougars 44-28; Mosqueda-Lewis had eight of those.

Stewart, forward Morgan Tuck and guard Moriah Jefferson make up UConn's most heralded recruiting class since the 1998 group that included Olympic gold medalists Sue Bird, Asjha Jones and Swin Cash. Tuck finished with 15 points and six rebounds. Jefferson had four points and four assists.

The three played together this summer, helping the U.S. national team to a gold medal at the FIBA Americas U-18 Championship. Tuck was the team's leading scorer and Stewart the most valuable player. Jefferson averaged over five points and four assists.

Connecticut cruised Sunday despite being without its top player. Junior guard Bria Hartley, who averaged 14 points a game for the Huskies last year, sprained her left ankle playing for USA Basketball in August. Last week, an MRI showed she also has a partial ligament tear, and could miss the Huskies' first four games.

UConn men's coach Kevin Ollie, back from his team's season-opening upset over No. 14 Michigan State in Germany on Friday, watched the first half of the game with his 11-year-old daughter, Cheyenne.

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